#8B565E#8B565E

#8B565E is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.071 H 10.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B565E
RGB	rgb(139, 86, 94)
HSL	hsl(351, 24%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(351, 38%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 32.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.69, 23.07, 4.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.69, 23.53, 11.42°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% 0.0699 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.071 10)
XYZ	xyz(15.9962, 12.9539, 12.2453)
Luminance	0.1295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B565E #568B83

analogous

#8B5679 #8B565E #8B6956

triadic

#8B565E #5E8B56 #565E8B

tetradic

#8B565E #798B56 #568B83 #69568B

square

#8B565E #798B56 #568B83 #69568B

split-complementary

#8B565E #568B69 #56798B

monochromatic

#3F272B #653F44 #8B565E #A9757D #C19BA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#8B565E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#8B565E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B565E

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B565E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B565E	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5F5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C695D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#945159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b565e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 86, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.071 10.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ae868b',
    500: '#8b565e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b565e;
$custom-light: #ae868b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b565e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.943,
    "s": 23.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51485,
    "c": 0.07103,
    "h": 10
  },
  "luminance": 0.12953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B565E

secondary

#8EAEAA

accent

#C0B368

background

#FAF8F8

surface

#F5EFF0

border

#CFCACB

text

#100B0C

muted

#7F7C7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B565E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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